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This is Jimmy, balanced on the ragged edge of violence, twisted and trapped by a world he never made…
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True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
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Self-Discovery JourneyPersonal TransformationMental Health StrugglesIdentity CrisisOvercoming AdversityRise To StardomTriumph Over TragedyBattling Mental Illness




















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Directed by: Robert Mulligan, Haskell B. Boggs, Richard Caffey
Produced by: Alan J. Pakula
Composed by: Elmer Bernstein
Cast

Anthony Perkins
Jimmy Piersall

Karl Malden
John Piersall

Norma Moore
Mary Piersall

Adam Williams
Doctor Brown

Perry Wilson
Mrs. John Piersall

Peter J. Votrian
Jim Piersall as a Boy

Richard Bull
Reporter Slade (uncredited)

Morgan Jones
Sandy Allen (uncredited)

Edd Byrnes
Boy in Car Assisting Jimmy Up Stairway (uncredited)

Brian G. Hutton
Bernie Sherwill (uncredited)
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